EXETER, N.H. (WHDH) - Police say they’ve tracked down an inmate who escaped a New Hampshire hospital Wednesday morning and the woman who assisted him in leaving.
Authorities said John Pownall, 57, fled Exeter Hospital, where he was under a court order to stay until he was medically cleared to return to the Rockingham County Jail. Police said Pownall escaped with 36-year-old Ashley Gustafson, who helped him leave.
Pownall and Gustafson, who both have active arrest warrants, were later tracked down and taken into custody.
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